August 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Squid problem in 10.1
by Hans du Plooy 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Hi guys, This happened on several machine with both 10.1 OSS (and some of the rc releases) and the boxed set of 10.1. After starting the machine, squid is running, but not usable. All that's needed to remedy is to restart squid. Problem solved. Has anyone seen this? There's no useful output in the logs or in console. Thanks Hans

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[SLE] Keyboard bug 10.1
by GIorgis Georgakoudis 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

I am experiencing a strange keyboard bug...it seems that the repeat rate time interval gets messed up as it repeats characters randomly...i.e: trrrrrrrrrryiiiiiiinnnnnnng tooo typpppppppeeeeeeeeeee. Anybody experiencing the same and have found a solution or anybody cares to investigate it? Giorgis Georgakoudis -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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Sound card woes
by Robert Fitzpatrick 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Upgraded a machine from 10.0 to 10.1 yesterday where the sound card did work and now it does not. I have a Creative es1371 card that shows up in Sound Configuration list without a number assigned. It does nothing when I click delete and exits when I click Edit. How can I remove this and start over setting up the card? Any help appreciated. -- Robert

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[opensuse] Fw: Driver Repository for openSUSE / SuSE Linux Enterprise (nVidia)
by Dominique Leuenberger 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

I think this answer can be of general interest. So according to nVidia there is NO restriction for distribution on their driver. A good place for it would thus probably also be the Build-Server, wouldn't it? With a dependency on the Kernel, if I understand this system right, the BuildService would trigger a recompile of the module. Any comments on this are more than welcome! Greetings, Dominique Begin forwarded message: Dominique, NVIDIA has no restrictions in redistributing the NVIDIA X driver. You should inquire with Novell whether they have any specific requirements or restrictions in redistributing their RPMs. Thanks, Lonni On 08/30/2006 07:51 AM Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > Lonni, > > I forgot something in my last reply; I was to fast in clicking. > Is there a problem about hosting the drivers on another server than > the nVidia Server? > > I mean, it would be quiet conveniant to host the driver on the > BuildService of Novell, as most users are looking there to find all > sort of RPMs for their installation. > > Regards, > Dominique > > Quoting Lonni J Friedman <lfriedman(a)nvidia.com>: > >> Dominique, >> Thanks for your email. The RPMS that you noted below are actually >> created & maintained exclusively by Novell. NVIDIA's involvement is >> solely to host the RPMs. Any questions about updates to the RPMs or >> additional packages should be directed to Novell/SuSE. >> >> Thanks, >> Lonni J Friedman >> NVIDIA Corporation >> >> On 08/30/2006 03:04 AM Dominique Leuenberger wrote: >>> dear sir, >>> >>> on download.nvidia.com/novell you're offering a repository for Suse >>> Linux Enterprise Desktop and Server, which also works with >>> openSUSE 10.1 >>> >>> I have two questions regarding this: >>> - Are there plans, and if yes, in what timeframe, to distribute the >>> latest released driver (8774) via this repository too? At this >>> moment, there is still the previous driver in the repository. >>> >>> - Will nVidia also support NON-Enterprise products like openSUSE >>> 10.2 (upcoming release in december) and eventually other >>> distributions? >>> >>> The complete task of compiling and packing could probably be solved >>> using the BuildService from Novell, which is in progress of being >>> opensourced. I'm sure you'd have some good chances to get something >>> alike or even use their system. >>> >>> We (the Linux community in general) are very grateful for the >>> excellent drivers we get from nVidia and many of us would not even >>> dare thinking about another manufacturer for Graphic Cards. >>> >>> Looking forward to a reply, >>> Dominique >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) >> and may contain >> confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure >> or distribution >> is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact >> the sender by >> reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Install source
by Hans van der Merwe 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

Im adding http://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/suse/ to my install source. It takes forever..... After bit of sniffing I found that its downloading http://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/suse/re… this file is 17M; after its done I click Finish and then it downloads the file again!!, and again when I open Yast Software Management, and again when I click on the Update Manager thingy on the Panel. This is way to much downloading of the same file. I did uncheck the Refresh flag on the source. Anyone else seeing this? E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm

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Acrobat Reader 7 on SuSE Linux 10.1
by Lívio Cipriano 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Hi, My Acrobat Reader Takes 2 minutes to load. Any idea why this happens? Lívio

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'whois' not working in suse 10.0
by Arie Reynaldi Z 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Hi All, After couple of times trying, i notice that 'whois' command in suse 10.0 not working as usual. Before suse 10.0, whenever i type 'whois', it will shows this: using whois-4.6.9-40.4 back1:~ # whois Usage: whois [OPTION]... OBJECT... -l one level less specific lookup [RPSL only] -L find all Less specific matches -m find first level more specific matches < ---- cut ----> And I can check domain from it. 'whois linux.com'. But in suse 10.0, it shows nothing. using whois-4.7.5-3.2 gwcbn:~ # whois linux.com gwcbn:~ # Has anyone had problem like this ? I really need to use whois, cause it's more easy and quicker then browsing thru web to check domain name. regards, -- Arie Reynaldi Zanahar reymanx at gmail.com http://www.reynaldi.or.id

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Unable to load interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2
by Craig Millar 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

I have noticed that the earlysyslog, mdnsd, and nscd services are failing during boot. Trying to run them manually seg faults, as does netstat. The only logged information I have found is in dmesg: Unable to load interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2 I can't seem to find a satisfactory answer to this, most other occurrences of this that I found seem to suggest that the vfs has hit the max open files limit, for eg here: http://gnowledge.org/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20020114/029520.html The suggestion is to increase the value in /proc/sys/fs/file-max but doing so, even significantly, has no effect. Does anyone else have any troubleshooting advice? /lib/ld-linux.so.2 is linked to /lib/ld-2.4.so Thanks Craig

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[opensuse] openSUSE Mirrors and p2p for easier ISO distribution
by Anthony L. Bryan 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Hello, I thought you might be interested in the Metalinks for openSUSE, which are automatically generated by one of your mirrors (http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/) at http://download.packages.ro/metalink/opensuse/. Metalinks are really useful for large files like ISOs and contain all mirror and p2p locations along with checksums and other metadata. I've attached one (edited, doesn't contain all mirrors), its an XML file and is pretty self explanatory, but there are two good descriptions here: http://torrentfreak.com/metalinker-integrating-http-ftp-and-p2p/ 'We've all seen those download pages where a couple of http, ftp and bittorrent mirrors are listed. We often just pick one of these, but wouldn't it be great if you could use them all at the same time? Metalinker has the solution. It works like this, the .metalink file tells your download manager where it can get the file, and connects to these different sources at the same time.' http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/08/28/metalinks-integrated-bittorrent-http -and-ftp-downloads/ Right now, Metalinks are used by OpenOffice.org and a few smaller Linux distributions. I think they could be useful to you too. Metalinks are supported by a number of download managers on Unix, Mac, and Win. There are 2 for unix, a command line version (http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) and one with a GUI. If you have any questions, please contact me. Anthony Bryan Metalink [ www.metalinker.org ] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/" origin="http://metalink.packages.ro/download/download/opensuse/openSUSE-10.2 -Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso.metalink" type="static" pubdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09" generator="Metalink Gen - http://metalink.packages.ro" refreshdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09"> <publisher> <name>Package resources</name> <url>http://www.packages.ro</url> </publisher> <license> <name>GPL</name> <url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</url> </license> <description>OpenSuSE</description> <tags>linux,suse,opensuse,distribution</tags> <identity>openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso</identity> <version>10.2-Alpha3</version> <files> <file name="openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso"> <os>Linux-x86</os> <size>682434560</size> <verification> <hash type="md5">e9ba3bd40e6393f18265c5096a81adf3</hash> </verification> <resources> <url type="http" location="jp" preference="10"> http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/o penSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="jp" preference="10"> ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/op enSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="jp" preference="10"> ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUS E-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="http" location="jp" preference="10"> http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSU SE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="http" location="id" preference="10"> http://suse.cbn.net.id/i386/10.0/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-A lpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="tw" preference="10"> ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/Linux/SuSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-Al pha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="magnet" preference="90"> magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:DBWEPZSBBWHFE27JXM2LYMF7RYB63TOM&xt=urn:tree:tiger:S QKL5VHEGCPTWNOSAZO44CNQ6EDNUC6TYTWQMGI&xt=urn:ed2k:9b03d0fe271a1c3929795 0507141b997&xt=urn:kzhash:e8b5cc42cdc0aef78dda7d561b938b3d15166fa5c9bb33 8c33f8f5a3b6e7f37a1a90a23b&xl=682434560&dn=openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386 -CD1.iso </url> </resources> </file> </files> </metalink> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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SuSE-compatible Firefox RPMs
by Paul Abrahams 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

These days Firefox is being updated pretty often because of security threats. I've been using the tarballs on the Mozilla website, but I'd prefer to use SuSE RPMs if they are available. I'm running 10.0, not 10.1, so I need a source that doesn't work only for the latest release of SuSE. Is there a source for downloading the Firefox RPMs that is no more than a day behind the Mozilla tarballs? Paul

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